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L. L. RINEIHIART & P. PHILLIPS.

DBVIGE TO PREVENT HUGS FROM ROOTING.

No. 74,002. Patented Feb. 4, 1868.

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Letters Patent A m-74,002, dated February 4, 1 868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

,Be it known that we, L. L. RINEHART and P. PHILLIPS, of Evansburg, in the county of Goshocton, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Shout-Cap; and we do hereby declare that the following is a. full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention consists of an improved device, ivhich we call a snout-cap, intended to prevent hogs from rooting, and is so constructed as to be readily attached without piercing or cutting the shout, as is usually the case, as will be fully described. In the drawings- I Figure 1 represents a perspective view oficoun-inventiomrand Figure 2 a view of the cap attached to the animal.

A represents a r p or'band of iron, or others'uitable mate-rial, providedat each .end with the arms a a, curved in suitable form to fit the snout of a hog. 13 represents a belt or strap, preferably of rubber, securely fastened to the stripvA at the proper point, and furnished with a. buckle, b, by means of which the cap is securely attachedto the face of the animal. C represepts pfe'ce of spring-metal, attached to the strip A at the point sits in the hole a, properly located for that purpose in the strip A. .'When this spring rests in its natural position,-the free end of the pin isdrawn up within the hole a, so that the under surface of the strip is perfectly smooth, but when pressure is applied to it it readily'yields, and the pinis forcedthrough and beyond the hole. 'D represents'a roller supported by the arms 01.

The operation of our invention is as follows; The cap having been firmly attached to the face ofthe hog, by means of the rubber belt having been buckled above his tusks,}he is allowed to run at will. Upon his endeavoringv to root he will be foiled by the roller. D, which, instead of entering. the ground, will roll over it. In attempting to push through a fence, as is common with the animal, the throwing up of the snout will bring the rail in cohtact with the spring 0, which being pushed down, the pin enters his-snout and acts as an efi'sctual preventive to future operations of that kind.

We do not claim broadly theidea of using a roller to prevent rooting, for we know that has been used before; but

What we do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The strip A, with arms a a, belt B, spring'O, pin c,'arms' d,"and roller D, when combined and arranged substantially as described.

This specification signed and witnessed,'this ninth day of December,"1867.

'L. L. RINEHAR-T,

P. PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

J. .P. Psox, B. F. RINEHART- 

